Allen Jeardeau
Jeardeau in 1897
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| Sport(s) | Football, baseball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
April 1, 1866 Grant County, Wisconsin |
| Died | April 10, 1900 (aged 34) Grant County, Wisconsin |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1895 | Platteville Normal |
| 1896–1897 | LSU |
| 1898 | Platteville Normal |
| Baseball | |
| 1898 | LSU |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 10–2–1 (football) 2–3 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 SIAA (1896) |
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Allen Wilson Jeardeau (April 1, 1866 – April 10, 1900) was an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the Platteville Normal School—now the University of Wisconsin–Platteville—in 1895 and 1898 and at Louisiana State University (LSU) from 1896 to 1897. In 1896, his first season with the LSU Tigers, Jeardeau led the team to a 6–0 record and a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) championship. He was also the head coach of the LSU Tigers baseball team in 1898. Jeardeau was a graduate of the Platteville Normal School and a student at Harvard University. He died of pneumonia on April 10, 1900 at his home near Platteville, Wisconsin.
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